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Researchers at the University of Toronto introduced a novel method to evaluate second-order social bias in large language models (LLMs), where models exhibit bias in their judgments about biased content. Using a reasonin…
Researchers at arXiv have identified a conflict signature in language models that distinguishes deceptive outputs from honest errors, achieving 100% accuracy in detecting lies across multiple models including GPT-2, Qwen…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an Associated Press interview that society must adopt new social norms as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used, urging people to engage with AI. He supported government regulat…
KPMG, a global consulting firm with 250,000 employees, published an AI-generated report in October 2025 titled 'Total Experience: Redefining Excellence in the Age of Agentic AI.' An audit by GPTZero found that 40 of 45 c…
Hong Kong teachers must complete at least 30 hours of digital education training every three years under a new government blueprint to boost AI integration in schools. Primary and secondary schools are required to includ…
Tide's team of five engineers and designers built a verifiable authentication system that eliminates the need for a central credential store, removing a common breach vector. The team includes cryptography experts, a Key…
Professor Seyedali Mirjalili of Western Sydney University warned in The Conversation that habitual use of large AI models for trivial tasks wastes significant physical resources, citing an International Energy Agency pro…
A former effective altruist explains how reading Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' led him to leave the EA movement, arguing that EA bundles distinct philosophical ideals—rationalism, impactful agency, maximalism, and utilitar…
Reuters and The Japan Times report that dozens of off-grid natural-gas power plants are being fast-tracked to supply single AI data centers, often with limited public notice. The Ohio Power Siting Board approved the Apol…
A filmmaker secured $2.5M in funding for the film 'Nexus' after creating a trailer for the XPRIZE competition, and is now sharing the playbook for others to get optimistic sci-fi films greenlit through XPRIZE.
Indian workers in Tamil Nadu are recording first-person videos of household chores using head-mounted smartphones to train AI systems for robots, earning about 250 rupees ($2.6) per hour. Data firm Objectways collects th…
Hacker group SHADOWBYT3$ allegedly stole 859 MB of data from Nintendo's employee feedback platform TINYpulse on June 13, demanding $2 million. Leaked messages show employees expressed concern about the push for Microsoft…
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei are projected to advance to a runoff in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, a race that tested President Donald Trump's endorsement p…
The Linux Foundation launched the Tokenomics Foundation on June 3, 2026, to establish open standards for measuring and governing AI token spend, addressing a crisis where enterprises like Uber and Microsoft faced runaway…
Anthropic sent security researcher Nicholas Carlini to Washington to address US government concerns about AI safety after export control directives forced the company to temporarily suspend global access to its Fable 5 a…
Dozens of large, off-grid natural gas power plants are being rapidly approved across the United States to fuel the AI industry's data center boom, often with little public scrutiny or environmental review. Residents like…
The U.S. Commerce Department used export control law to shut down Anthropic's most advanced AI models, marking the first time such controls have been enforced against a live AI system. The action, which effectively block…
A survey on social justice issues in a state senate district found that concerns about data center construction tied with concerns about aging gracefully, reflecting broader societal anxieties about AI's impact. The auth…
A researcher who previously warned about existential AI threats now advocates for broader access to cutting-edge systems, reflecting a shift in the AI safety community. The debate intensified after Anthropic's Claude Myt…
OpenAI's ChatGPT lost its majority share of the AI assistant market for the first time, dropping to 46.4% as of May 31, according to Sensor Tower data. The decline follows OpenAI's controversial Pentagon deal, a shift to…